Day 6

      hey drew, kinsey, emily, and maddie here.words cannot describe what went down tonight.this whole week it seems that our best friend and leader Phil was changing our lives for the better and suprislingly we have been changing his life.i feel that i have taken everything for granted.now i know what i can do help change other peoples life the only struggle i have is when and how much im willing to sacrifice for the benifit others.
     today we chose to give a whole strip of our sending cloth to Phil because he has made an impact on all of our lives.After we gave him the strip he had some news to share with us.Before tonight Phil had been contemplating whether he wanted to be a pastor or a youth minister.Once he realized how much he had influenced us this past week he informed us of his decision to become a youth minister.Yay God For Phil!!!!!!CAN I GET AN AAAMMEENNN UP IN HERE.<333333
   
       

Day 5

yo its drew. today i went to the food bank and packaged pasta for 7 hours yeah buddy. it was a fun challange but it was also good to see how much i can can help. After my lovly day at the food bank i went to mount davidson where i heard an inspering story from the one and only phil! well laterz

Sup evryone! this is emily here. well today i went to open hands to package fish and chicken. after working i got to have an amazing lunch of raviolli and and chicken served by the workers at open hands. After lunch, we took a hike through san francisco to get to salvation army warehouse. there i washed a car for 2 hrs(haha yah we were messing around) and talked to people who would pass by the building and get to share my faith with them. When we got back we went to mount davidson and listened to Phil's amazing, heart warming, and life changing story. It was basically an overall awesome day! Laterz!

Day 4

Hey guys its Kinsssey! It'sTuesday. Today my group started off early by going down to Project Open Hands (P.O.H). POH is an organization that gives meals and provides groceries for people with HIV, AIDS, and people with cancers and other illnesses. They had us package different foods and make grocery bags of them for those who needed them. It was cool to know that all of the stuff we were doing was going to people who needed it and that all of the stuff we're doing are changng lives. The lead volunteer there and the people we saw were extremely thankful for what we were doing and it was nice to see how we were helping. After we had done A LOT of packaging we headed over to the Salvation Army Warehouse! There, we cleaned the warehouse to help get ready for a carnival they were throwing for the kids that needed something fun to do. It was a lot of work but the rewards made it worth it.

Hi! It's Kyle here for part two of the day.  So after our early wake-up(6:10 a.m.) Jake, Drew, Mrs. Euhus and I went and worked in the tenderloin with the Meals that Heal program with the Salvation Army. Although our CLC group was divided, we managed to deliver many meals to S.R.O.'s (Single Room Occupancies or people who live in one person rooms in apartments) and really make a difference. Although the condition of each apartment varied, the people we met were very grateful for all of our help, and that really touched me because those in need don't take anything for granted which is something that I need to work on.  After delivering our meals, we returned to the Salvation Army and sorted clothes, filled mini soap bottles for hygiene kits, and arranged the clothing on the rack.  Even though we didn't get to see the people we were helping directly, we still felt like we were making a difference and in the end that's really all that matters to us.

When we all met up after our small groups we headed out to the San Fransisco beach!  It was cold.  It was funny to see the kids from Utah and Oregon all excited for the freezing beach....then there were the San Diego kids in sweatshirts and jeans not even attempting to get into the freezing cold San Fran coast.  When we got back to the church we went to CLUB where we sang and talked about different things that had happened throughout the day.  Phil, one of the leaders, gave a small sermon that was really cool to hear about.  Now we're in small church time working on our cloths bro. Its been real. Peace.

Morning of Day 4

Turns out the only "Free Time" you get is if you get up before everyone else and go sit in the lounge (Jim failed to mention this to me).  As the kids do breakfast prep and drag themselves out of bed, I sit and blog (I am soooo hip).  Sunday at the chuch service we attended the sermon was about "Attitudes", positive in a negetive world (the kids actually listened because we had a discussion about this while riding in the car!)  We discussed having the positive attitude while serving and try to let it flow to everyone we meet.  It is working as the kids are meeting new people and getting a lot out of serving.  The leaders at YouthWorks all dig our Sending Cloths and Devotional Banner, as well as the other groups at the event.  The kids are really stepping up and are striving to be the hardest working group and always give it their all.  As the Sunday sermon mentioned think of yourselves as "Jesus with skin" and be the example in all you do.

Well everyone is up and breakfast is served, the kids will blog again tonight, pray for our safety and keep our eyes opened to helping others.

Day 3

No U Turn: It's our first day of work and we are here, there's no turning back now!

Hey! It's Maddie (Mad Dawg) and Jake (Jay Whiz), Today was our first real day of working here in San Francisco. Wake up time was very early (6:30), and we were kind of tired at first. However, once we got into the swing of things, everything ran pretty smoothly. We were served breakfast, had devotionals, played a couple of name games to get to know everyone better, and then set off to do work.

Jay Whiz set out to the San Francisco Food Bank to help package food to then give to hungry people in need. We packaged pasta and corn. It was somewhat difficult work, but we pulled through and got the job done. We met some nice people there, and talked about various things, such as why we serve the community and baseball.

Mad Dawg went to the salvation army warehouse to work with the Meals that Heal organization. This group packages meals and sends them throughout San Fransisco to the needy. After preparing all the food we set out in smaller groups and distributed the food. Especially touching was one man named Dustin, who invited me and another kid, Nolan, into his S.R.O (single room ocupancy) to pray for us. He, unlike many others, was especially humble, and willing to show thanks. This man related to our bible verse of the night which talked about how we should dress in humility and kindness. Although we often learn things in the church and are said to believe without seeing, it was extremely neat to see his "faith in action." After the deliveries, we went back to the salvation army warehouse and packaged shampoo, school supplies, backbacks, and clothes all to be offered at the Salvation Army carnival open to the public.

Mad Dawg and Jay Whiz then returned to the Temple Baptist church where we are staying to eat dinner, attend the CLUB, including devotionals and worship, and then prepared hibernation for the night.

Day 2

Had fun at Pier 39, Lombard Street, now at Temple Baptist meeting everyone and learning the rules.  Tons of info to take in, looking forward to work tomorrow.  Kids will be updating next.

Day 1

We made it, smooth flight, little trouble with the rental car (as in they didn't have the large vehicle we reserved), a little begging and we got it from another company.  Made it to the hotel, dinner, devotions, and off to the pool for the kids.

Killing time in the airport

Maddie's Creative Card Confection....Cooooool

Now we are going somewhere, group shot in the jetway



Hands                                                           and Feet for Christ

The traditional freshman rite of passage........doing the heavy lifting

Before

After......Tetris anyone?

Oooops, one more bag!

We will have the kids do the blogs on Mon-Thur once we start the servant event.  In the meantime its the geezers trying to figure out this new fangled internet machine.